MP SET 2025: State Eligibility Test, Sociology
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Subject-SOCIOLOGY
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51. Who was the author of the book *The 51. ^ ^
Protestant Ethic and The Spirit of
Capitalism' ?
(A) "5^
(A) GS. Ghuiye
(B) ^
(B) Max Weber
(C) Karl Marx (C) ^ TTT^
(D) Alfred Schutz (D)
52. Who gave the concept of functional
prerequisites ? ^t ?
(A) Parsons (B) Malinowski (A) TORT (B)
(C) Maclver (D) Durkheim (C) (D) ^T#T
53. Which of the following, who has given 53. mRcIcIh
functional explanation ofsocial change in ^ ^ ."dh 37^^3Tf
terms of three stages of cultural contact ? ^ ychinirHch ©hksmi "I" ?
(A) Parsons (A) TOT^
(B) Malinowski (B)
(0) Radcliffe Brown (C) l-sfqtriH) qicSi
(D) Durkheim (D)^
54. In which book Merton mentioned the 54. TT^ ^ TOfr "m fer "5^^ fr* fRFifd
concept of Anomie for the first time ? ^ ^ STT ?
(A) The Sociology of Science (A) ^ 3fPF "^TTOl
(B) Sociological Ambivalance
(B) 'tiinfiqltnTRiqun
(C) Social Theoiy and Social Structure
(C) #?TFT 8^ 137^
(D) The Focused Interview
(D) ^
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55. To which country did Alfred Schutz 55. ^ ^ ^ ^
belong ?
(A) (B)
(A) England (B) Germany
(C) (D) ^
(C) U.S.A. . (D) Spain
56. Which of the following is Durkheim's 56. rHHPcrinsid 4* ^ ^ ^
sociological theory ofreligion is based on ?
(A) Difference between sacred and (A) "Ffe ^ ^
profane
(B) Concept of personality (B) ^
(C) Concept of reference group (C) ^ "FT
(D) None of the above (D)
57. Merton has differentiated how many 57. * ychl4* ^
meanings of the term 'function' ? ^ t ?
(A) Three (B) Four (A) #T (B) ^
(C) Five (D) Six (C) -qm (D)
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58. Who among the following is known as 58. "MMw ^
the father of functionalism ? TTHT ^5ncTT t ?
(A) Herbert Spencer (A)
(B) Merton (B)
(C) Malinowski (C)
(D) Radcliffe Brown (D)
59. According to which scholar the basis 59. ^ ^
of post-structuralism is 'power of ?Tf^' t ?
knowledge' ?
(A) (B)
(A) Bogard (B) Lyotard
(C) (D)
(C) Foucault (D) Malinowski
60. Which ideology deals with the problems
of post-modem society ? feiR wt t ?
(A) Modemism (A) 3T[^[ic},ciic(m
(B) Post-modemism (B)
(C) Stmcturalism (C)
(D) Post-structuralism (D)
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61. What is Epistemology ? 61. ^t ?
(A) Study of everyday life (A) ^
(B) Study of interview (B) m
(C) Study of sociology (C) ^
(D) Study of knowledge (D) WT ^ 37¥3FFT
62 is the term often used to 62. c^lfa^iqtril "t"
describe an alternative to positivist
epistemology that has dominated the
social issues. In this researcher grasps the t I BTTlto
subjective experience of social action.
t I
(A) Interpretivism
(A)
(B) Realism
(B)
(C) Positivism (C) ■HchKlrHchdl
(D) Constructionism (D) PdHfuiclK "qr WdkHdidNK
63. When deductive and inductive reasoning
are considered together then it is called: ™ t ?
(A) Sample (B) Theoiy (A) (B) feRl
(0) Triangulation (D) Abductive (C) (D)
64. These are the building blocks of theory 64. ^ ^ ffRW t 3|k ^
and the points around which social
research is conducted : ■ PtTHi "^dTdT :
(A) Concept (B) Fact (A) (B) dSKT
(C) Value (D) Hypothesis (C) (D) MPl^hcrHdl
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65. It is informed speculation. According to 65. t I '^TT^'
*Blaikie' and 'Priest' it is a tentative
answers to 'why' and sometimes 'how'
of research questions : afk ^^ f :
(A) Indicator (A)
(B) Inductive Reasoning (B) ^
(C) Hypothesis ,(C) MRcheMHl
(D) Population (D) "ST^TWn
66. Which are the two main forms ofsurvey ? 66. ^ ^ t ?
(A) Interview and questionnaire (A) afk
(B) Ethnography and micro-ethnography (B) afk
(C) Focus group and observation (C)
(D) Descriptive and exploratory (D) cjulnieHdi 3?R
67. Which of the following is not a 67. PHMRlRdd ^
characteristic of qualitative research ? Mrht t ?
(A) Qualitative research is based on (A) liUllcMch "tR
purposive sampling. 61d I I
(B) Qualitative research is particularistic. (B) ^ -R^ t I
(C) Verbal data is collected in (C) liuilrMdi -^f Mr ^ ^2^
qualitative research. ^t I
(D) Inquiry in qualitative research is (D) iiuilcHd) ^ ■Rto--3^
process-oriented. ^ t I
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68. Which of the following is not a type of 68. [HHldRsld ^
variable ? t ?
(A) Nominal (A) HIH^M
(B) Ordinal (B) SbHcH'cjcti
(C) Interval (C)
(D) Whole numbers (D)
69. What does 'ANOVA' stand for ? 69. (tt^) ^^ t?
(A) Analysis of Velocity (A) wnMw sw
(B) Analysis of Variable (B)
(C) Analysis of Variance (C)
(D) Analysis of Viscosity (D) tiTnfMw STRT
70. Which of the following methods is used 70. ^
for data collection in case study method PdMPcrlRsid ■4' ^ ctW:* ^
of research ? ^H'dicrld t ?
(A) Interview method (A) "^IT^TTc^ ^
(B) Observation method (B)
(C) Focus group discussion method (C) ^
(D) All of the above (D)
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71. Which among the following are included 71. "M: ^fft^
by Pierre Bourdieu in his concept of ^ rHHiT=hd ^
'Cultural Capital' ? ferr w t ?
(A) Economic Resources (A)
(B) Social Networks ' (B) Aic|cjl"
(C) Knowledge, Skill and Education (C)
(D) Political Power (D)
72. Who has introduced the word 72. ^
"Superorganic" into the literature of
^ 4Rr^d ?
Sociology ?
(A) tTfRt
(A) Morgan
(B) HRnlq^l
(B) Malinowski
(C) Herbert Spencer (C) ^
(D) Tylor (D)
73. In the concept of the 'Iron Cage' Max 73. ^ ^
Weber explored that individuals in
modem societies are trapped by ; PlHfPbd ^ 1^3; f :
(A) Their social class (A) ^ ^
(B) Their cultural traditions
(B) amt ^i^rddi -q^FRia#
(C) Bureaucratic mles and rationalization
(C) ^ 1wff alk ^Pkj=b<ui ^"
process
Tri^a^f ii
(D) Their personal beliefs
(D) oijpdddd TTPFn^if i(
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74. Who among the following 74. PHHlF+id ^
conceptualized the term 'Master Status' ^ yPdMlPtd ^ ?
in Sociology ?
(A)
(A) Emile Durkheim
(B) dldchM WRT
(B) Talcott Parsons
(C)
(C) Everett Hughes
(D)
(D) S.R Nadel
75. Who gave the terminologies of kinship, 75. ^
in sociology ? t ?
(A) Morgan (A)
(B) J.B. Hutton (B)
(C) WH.R. Rivers (C)
(D) T.N. Madan (D) WT
76. In which book Emile Durkheim evolved 76. "3^^ "4' ^^
his arguments on religion and coined the ^^ PlWlRd 'iVndK'
term 'Totemism' ? yPdmP<d ?
(A) The Elementary Forms of Religious
(A) ^ 3W WF
Life
(B) fe#5FT 3TNT ^
(B) Division of Labour in Society
(C) ^
(C) Le Suicide
(D) None of the above (D) dM^dd ^^
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77. For the socio-cultural analysis of peasant 77. ^
society, couple concepts-Little Tradition ^ ^ WTO ^ WTO ^
and Great Tradition were propounded by: ^ yRlMKH t ?
(A) Milton Singer (A)
(B) Norman Brown (B)
(C) McKim Marriott (C) "tero
(D) Robert Redfield (D)
78. To describe the patterns of social 78. ^ yPdHuT ^
stratification, who among the following
studied-'Kibbutzim system' of Israel ? * ^ felT ?
(A) Michael Young (A) Hl^=bd TOT
(B) Kingsley Davis (B)
(C) Eva Rosenfield (C) ^
(D) M.M. Tumin (D) TOTW.
79. For the Great Community and Little
Community, which terms were used by TOT witr i ?
the Tonnies ?
(A)
(A) All communities
(B)'
(B) Local communities
(C)
(C) Gesellschaft and Gemeinschaft
(D) None of the above (D) ^
80. Which three components are included, in 80. W ^ ^ WTTf^ "^RWT feRT
Max Weber's theory of social "4* ^ ^r^Pdd t ?
stratification ?
(A) TOT,'
(A) Wealth, power and prestige
(B) TOf, "q^*
(B) Class, status and party
(C) Income, education and occupation (C) 3TOT, ^ZTTOTO
(D) -Caste, tribe and race (D) TOfn, TOTTOf^T "q;^* TOTOfH
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81. 'Ghotul' is youth club of which tribe ? 81. ^ ^ t ?
(A) Gond (B) Bhil (A)^ (B) ^
(C) Korku (D) Sahariya (C) (D)
Who defined, "When a class is a 82. MR-HlPld fen, ^ lyfel
somewhat strictly heredity we may call
it a caste"?
FT fed f I"
(A) S.V. Ketkar (A)
(B) Majumdar and Madan (B) WT
(C) N.K. Datta (C) "QTTfe. ^
(D) C.H. Cooley (D) ^
83. In which year in Madhya Pradesh, 83. iT«zr "51^ ^ fed fer fe
Organic Farming Policy declared and fefe "qd dTTl fe fe ?
implemented ?
(A) 2010 (B) 2011
(A) 2010 (B) 2011
(C) 2015 (D) 2017 (C) 2015 (D) 2017
84. What is the percentage increase in 84. ^ ^
Export of Indian agricultural and fefd fetd fe 2022-23 fed
processed food products in fiscal year fe 2021-22 fe fer^ -Rfd^
2022-23 in comparison to last year
fe ^ if ?
2021-22?
(A) 35 feRld (B) 22 feRTd
(A) 35 percent (B) 22 percent
(C) 25 percent (D) 32 percent (C) 25 Trffeld (D) 32 feRTd
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85. Who was the Founder of Bharatiya Kisan 85. ^ A
Union ? ^?
(A) Chaudhary Charan Singh (A)
(B) Rakesh Singh Tikait (B) iw fecJa
(C) Mahendra Singh Tikait (C)
(D) None of the above (D) "4* ^
86. As per classification of city by Mumford 86. ^ ^^
which of the following stages show 'PR p^tKIcp^kTT ^ R*iRi
negative trend for city ? t ?
(A) Eopolis (B) Polis (A) (B) -qlfOT
(C) Metropolis (D) Nekropolis (C) (D) AshlHlRri^
87. By which name is slum mentioned in 87. si-Hil A' HPT
Chennai ? <jtrt:^Raa tHPTT f" ?
(A) Cherries (B) Ahata (A) M (B)
(C) Chaal (D) Bustee (C) W (D)
88. The place we call 'Ethnic Enclave' 88. 'iroN HP HH wif Hit HT^
belongs to : t, :
(A) People of same origin (A) mn i\
(B) Same culture (B) i\
(C) Same ethnicity (C) mn i\
(D) All of the above (D)
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89. What is not a feature of Gated 89. ^ ^ ^t ?
Commiinily ?
(A) yRioi'fe ^
(A) Restricted entry
(B) tNttr
(B) Employment
(C) ^
(C) Closed residential area
(D) Gatekeeper (D)
90. As per Ease of Living Index 2020, which 90. W R' 2020 ^
city of India tops the table ? 3?^ "STR t ?
(A) Mumbai (B) Bengaluru (A) (B)
(C) Pune (D) New Delhi (C) ^ (D) ^
91.' In which decade Dalit Movement as a 91.
conscious, organised force in the social ■RstRT ^ imfe
and political life of Bombay Presidency, ^KldH "0^
Nagpur and Madras Presidency
emerged ?
(A) 1920 (B) 1930
(A) 1920 (B) 1930
(C) 1910 ' (D) 1940 (C) 1910 (D) 1940
92. From the following which is not the 92. RfiMw ^ Mw mdRi
feature of Indian state ?
(A) A participatory parliamentary (A) "0:^7 dUdd
democracy
(B) <=h<rqi^|cbl<l <1^
(B) A welfare state
(C) dldidd
(C) A dependent national democracy
(D) A socialist, secular democratic
(D) dUdlTddi
republic
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93. From the following which argument does 93. riHPdfed ^ ^ diOdlM OT
not express the concept of power from
the feminists' point of view ? ■ f ?
(A) Relations between men and women (A) ^5^ ^^ ^
are shaped by relation of power. "I* I
(B) Definitions of power that focus on (B) feff ^
interests must consider gendered
nature of those interests.
(C) Throughout history women have not (C) ifeiH "^f ^ wnto
been denied social and political 13^ ^iPki ^ ciPqa
power however it is defined 1%^ "TO t I wff^
differently. "4" "TO ^ I
(D) It is the exclusion and oppression of (D) Tj;^* fTfeeHa#
women that motivates feminists to ^^ ^ HKlcilP^4 ^
consider power in context of
emancipation. yltXllP^d I
94. Who is the author of the book 'A 94. UTtK sfPF nTRdPcidXl' ^ itWfi ^
Grammar of Politics' ? t ?
(A) Harold J. Laski (A) txf^ 4
(B) L.T. Hobhouse (B)
(C) L.S. Woolf (C) °it^
(D) Bertrand Russell (D)
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95. Out of the following books which is not 95. fHHRifecl ^ "#7
authored by Noam Chomsky ? ^f ?
(A) Power and Prospects (A)
(B) Failed States (B)
(C) Necessary Illusions (C)
(D) An Anti-Capitalist Manifesto (D) 737T APhiJwI
96. From the following scholars who has 96. rHHPdRsid ^
given the concept of 'Imagined
Communities' ?
(A)
(A) Benedict Anderson
(B)
(B) Marc Bloch
(C) aife
(C) Earnest Gellner
(D) Eric Hobsbawm .(D)
97. From the following which type of 97. PHHPdP^d ^ ^ 1™:
authority is not a part of Max Weber's ^^ ^ ^t ?
ideas ?
(A)
(A) Rational-legal authority
(B)
(B) Value-legal authority
■ (C) Traditional authority (C) WWTci m\
(D) Charismatic authority (D) W
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98. Out of the following which set of 98. PiHreiPteld ^ fel
scholars has given the concepts of iNHlPd ^ it
^Command Polity' and *Demand Polity'
in analysis of Indian Politics ? ^ t ?
(A) L. Pye and Sidney Verba (A) "qrf ^
(B) H. Gerth and C.W. Mills (B) "qaf "q^"
(C) F. Frankil and M.S.A. Rao (C) •qjT.'q^.'R. "m
(D) L. Rudolph and S.H. Rudolph (D) q;^. TT^T-TT^.
99. From the following organizations which 99. ^
defines Political corruption as ^^ <NHlPd=b
manipulation of policies and rules of "gRl !FT ^
procedure in the allocation of resources ■SFFit ^
and financing by political decision
^ fell t, ^
makers who abuse their position to
PhmPvIP^^ ^ IMHlPddi
sustain their power, status and wealth ?
WRR ^ ^ ^ t ?
■ (A) Transparency International
(A)
(B) United Nations Organization (B)
(C) International Court of Justice (C) ^ ^
(D) Supreme Court of India .(D) HRd
100. From -the following which is not the 100. PdHPoiPteld "4* iq;^. ^ ^
feature of E.H. Carr's concept of TT^ ^ ^ Mw t ?
nation ?
(A) q^ ^
(A) The idea of a common government
(B) A more or less defined territory (B) qR^lPtld
(C) Absence of common interest (C) qff
amongst members
(D) A certain size and closeness of
contact between all its individual (D) ^ ^ ^
members PiPf^a 3''Ti'qiK PictKiai
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When was first Industrial Policy 101. W "4?# ^
announced in India ? ^^ ?
(A) 6th April, 1948 (A) 6 37^, 1948
(B) 8th April, 1950 (B) 8 37^, 1950
(C) 15th April, 1955 (C) 15 1955
(D) 20th April, 1951 (D) 20 1951
102. Who propounded the concept of socialist 102.
economy ? ^ ?
(A) Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels (A)^ TT^' "5^1^
(B) Peter Drucker (B) "te
(C) Adam Smith (C) "q;^
(D) J.M. Keynes (D)
103. After the great depression of 1929, who 103.- 1929 ^ ^^
suggested a new econtomic system to ^ Rilj yuiKj'i']
replace capitalism ? ^ twifer ^ sft ?
(A) John Maynard Keynes (A) WR
(B) Alfred Marshall (B) ttt^
(C) David Ricardo (C) ^iq-s Rctii-sT
(D) Adam Smith (D) f^S!T
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104. According to whom "Business means to 104. TIT^*
create customers and to expand market
share" ? t" ?
(A) Karl Marx (A)
(B) Max Weber (B) ^^
(C) Peter F. Drucker (C)
(D) Henri Fayol (D) tkt
105. The New Colonial Dependency Model 105. 37Tf9OT PHHRriRsId
was an indirect outgrowth thinking of : ^ "5^ ^TT ?
(A) Socialist (B) Marxist (A) (B) RmhRi
(C) Economist (D) Industrialist (C) 3T8kl^ (D)
106. Whitley Commission submitted its report 106. 311^ ^ arot ^
in the year :
(A) 1931 (B) 1929 (A) 1931 (B) 1929
(C) 1942 (D) 1948 (C) 1942 (D) 1948
107. Under whose chairmanship First National 107. ^^ ^
Commission on Labour was set up in
India after independence ? "W 2TT ?
(A) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar (A) ^,3lR
(B) Dr. P.B. Gajendragadkar (B)
(C) Dr. Manmohan Singh (C) hhmI^h
(D) Ravindra Verma (D) ^
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108. According to Harrod Domar model of 108. ^ ^
economic growth,which ofthe following is snffe feTRT ^ PHHRrjRsJd
a significant factor for economic growth ? ■^f ^ t ?
(A) Labour force expansion (A) m ^
(B) Technological innovation (B) wW
(C) Investment in capital (C)
(D) Government intervention (D)
109. Who is considered the father of Scientific 109. ^^iPi'=h ^ HHi 'Jimi
Management which revolutionized "i", f^RT^ 20"^* "^J^aTRT "4*
factory and industry system in the early 3^ "3?ihT yuilRrl^ 4 Md W ^
20th century ? 84 ?
(A) Henry Ford (B) F.W. Taylor (A) 4^4"^ (B) 4^
(C) Max Weber (D) Elton Mayo (C) 4^ 4^ (D) 44
110. In the context of family businesses what 110. ^wn4' 4 4 *4 *44^
does 'Three Circle Model' represent ? 4f^' ^ t ?
(A) The three stages of business (A) 14^tRT 4 44
development.
(B) mRqiR^ 4 44
(B) The three types of family business
TOR
structure.
(C) 4R ^iRicd 4 4H
(C) The interaction among family,
business and ownership.
(D) The three generations of family (D) MlRc^lRqi 4t 44
business ownership. 4^4
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111. Who is the author of the book 'The 111. ^
Politics of Climate Change' ? ^f ?
(A) Pierre Bourdieu (A) fro
(B) Riley E. Dunlap . (B)
(C) Frederick H. Buttel (C)
(D) Anthony Giddens (D)
112. Who amongst the following is not 112. PHHRlRsld i{ HKl«dK
associated with Ecofeminism ?
(A) Jane Addams (A)
(B) Vandana Shiva (B)
(C) Maria Mies (C) Tnfw Rith
(D) Ynestra King (D)
113. Which of these pollutants is majorly 113. "f^n^ Pi^^fciRad
responsible for the hole in ozone layer ? ^ ?
(A) SO2 (B) NO2 (A) SO2 (B) NO2
(f) CFC (D) CO2 (C) CFC (D) CO2
114. In which year was the 'Forest 114. mm 3Tf!?iwi' ^ i{ -qifer
Conservation Act' passed ? 131T ?
(A) 1972 (B) 1974 (A) 1972 (B) 1974
(C) 1980 (D) 1986 (C) 1980 (D) 1986
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115. The Bandhavgarh National Park is situated 115. ^ fer
in which district of Madhya Pradesh ? t ?
(A) Shivpuri (B) Chhindwara (A) (B)
(C) Balaghat (D) Umaria (C) (D)
116. The statement "Culture is the man-made 116. "SFH HHdPdP^d WT t l"
part of the environment" is given by : ■q? ^ t 1
(A) Tylor (A)
(B) Herskovitz (B)
(C) Ogbum and Nimkoff (C) 3Tfwf sSk PdHchl^)
(D) Malinowski (D)
117. Morse Commission is related to : 117. 3rtTT' t ?
(A) Tehri Dam Project (A) ^ -qM^
(B) Gandhi Sagar Dam Project (B) "HFR -qM^
(C) Sardar Sarovar Dam Project (C) wm qR^l-ddl
(D) Hirakud Dam Project (D)
118. Who first studied the term 118. W5RTT^ 'feiRT* ^ 3TS2RR
'Development' in sociology ? ?
(A) L.T. Hobhouse (A)
(B) Adam Smith (B)
(C) Erik Brikson (C) vfw Q.R=hh
(D) J. Schumpeter (D)
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119. Match the authors in List I with their 119. I fe; iTTT ^^II ^ -qf
books in List II : ^ iihI ^ [H<nN chlRny. :
List I List II
^11
(a) Vandana Shiva(1) In the Belly of
(a) (1) ^ ^^ aw
River : Tribal
Conflicts Over
Development
in the
Narmada
Valley
(b) Bina Agarwal (2) Staying Alive :
Women,
Ecology and (b) ^ 3711^ (2) :
Survival in
India
(c) Ramchandra (3) Gender and
^ ifen
Guha Green
(c) "ip (3) #T
Governance :
The Political ^
economy of HlRlfichel
women's
presence
within and
beyond [qRi
community 1%^ =bi^rHci1
forestry
(d) Amita (4) Social Ecology (d) ^fnai (4) wtowt
Baviskar [qqitrM :
Select the correct option :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 3 2 1 4 (A) 3 2 1 4
(B) 4 3 1 2 (B) 4 3 1 2
(C) I 4 2 3 (C) 1 4 2 3
(D) 2 3 4 1 (D) 2 3 4 1
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120. Arrange the following environmental 120. rHHPvinsId "tPTte* ^
conventions in chronological order : 4iielshm:i^R :
(1) First World Climate Summit (1)
(Geneva) (FjiAm)
(2) Global Warming Summit (Kyoto (2) (^^
Protocol) yli\d)Td)
(3) First Earth Summit(Rio-de-Janeiro) (3) V8W (M-^-^)
(4) Ozone Layer Protection Summit (4) W
(Vienna) (i^^)
Select the correct option :
(A) (1), (4), (3),(2) (A) (1), (4), (3), (2)
(B) (1), (3), (2), (4) (B) (1), (3), (2), (4)
(C) (4), (1), (2),(3) (C) (4). (1), (2), (3)
(D) (3), (2), (1),(4) (D) (3), (2), (1),(4)
121, "Family is an universalistic institution." 121. t i"
Who gave this statement ? t ?
(A) GP. Murdoch (A)
(B) Keithleen Gough (B) -TTTTr
(C) A.R. Radcliffe Brown (C) R.37R.
(D) E. Westermark (D) i
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122. When did Protection of Women from 122. ^ wm
Domestic Violence Act came into force
?
in India ?
(A) 26 37^^ 2005
(A) 26 October, 2005
(B) 26 2006
(B) 26 October, 2006
(C) 15 August, 2006 (C) 15 3TTO, 2006
(D) None of the above (D) ^^
123. Which of" the following factors is 123. PHMR^RsId qFHX^
responsible for change in the family MRcicfn ^
system ? t ?
(A) Industrialization (A) sMnfqOT
(B) Urbanisation (B)
(C) Effects of Laws (C) ^ "3^
(D) All of the above (D)
124. Under which Act the rules of Dayabhaga 124. 3ifiTRm ^ ^
and Mitakshara related to succession in dTKlteiR 3fk iHcn^
Hindu families have been abolished ? ^ fwif ^ wm ^ w ?
(A) The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (A) 3Tf#BR, 1955
(B) The Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (B) ^ ^trfWT, 1961
(C) The Hindu Succession Act, 1956 (C) "^rRlfeR 3Tf¥?f^, 1956
(D) None of the above (D) ^^
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125. Who among the following is the author 125. rdHPdfed ^
of the book 'The History of Human ^ f ?
Marriage' ?
(A) t <5w.<HI=h'
(A) E. Westermark
(B)
(B) J. Steward
(C) I.M. Levis
(C) 3TT^."QTT.
(D) B. Malinowski (D)
126. In which year the First Amendment was 126. ^ ("41^)
made in The Protection of Children from 3Tft?IWT, 2012 "A* ^^
Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 : ■f4i4T "W ?
. (A) 2016 (A) 2016
(B) 2019 (B) 2019
(C) 2014 (C) 2014
(D) 2020 (D) 2020
127. In the 'Khasi' tribe, who gets the 127. ^5FMftT "A* ^
property acquired by an unmarried
woman after her death ?
(A) Brother or Father (A) ^
(B) Sister or Mother (B) ^ RT
(C) Only Father (C) ffFf) ta
(D) All are incorrect (D)
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128. In which century was the word 128. 1^ ^
'matriarchy' first used ? "spik i^Tl ?
(A) 15th century (B) 17th century (A) 15^* (B) 17^*
(C) 18th century (D) 19th century (C) 18^'^mi^ (D) 19^''?l?P^
129. Who among the following scholars is the 129. ^ fel?*
author of the book 'Kinship and ^ ^t ?
Marriage' ?
(A)
(A) Maclver and Page
(B) "qiTO
(B) Robin Fox
(C)
(C) P.H. Prabhu
(D) S.C. Dube (D) ^
130. Which scholar has considered 'structural- 130. f^SFT
functional approach' as a real WFT'
sociological approach ? HNI ^ ?
(A) Kingsley Davis (A)
(B) D.N. Majumdar (B) ^.Tr^.
(C) M.N. Srinivas (C) 12?T."Q;=T. 5fttoRT
(D) Sir Henry Maine (D) ^ ^
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131. Unlawfiil access to someone's computer 131. ^ TO
system is known as :
(A) Theft (A) ^
(B) Cyber deception (B) ^
(C) Cyber violence (C)
(D)- Cyber trespass (D)
132. Who has been called the First Citizen of 132.^ ^ TOfro ^ TO
the Internet ? t ?
(A) Tom Peter (A) "to
(B) Paul Mockapetris (B) W
(C) Jon Postel (C) ^
(D) Howard Rheingold (D) "51^ trto
133. In which year was the 'Information 133. 'igro M^
Technology Act' enacted ? TO ^ ?
(A) 2006 (B) 1990 (A) 2006 (B) 1990
(C) 2020 (D) 2000 (C) 2020 (D) 2000
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134. Which state in India started e-Govemance 134. ^^ ^
by the name *AKSHAYA'? ^ fen ?
(A) Punjab (A)
(B) Kerala (B)
(C) Tpro
(C) Gujarat
(D) Maharashtra (D)
135. The term 'digital divide' refers to : 135. dl^4 I" :
(A) The divide betvyeen different
(A) ^ sfrct
political parties
' (B) The divide between different
(B) ^
generations
(C) The gap between those who have (C) fer feft ^ "TO iJlsIiPictil
access to technology and those who
^ 3^ "^FT^ "TO! H?! 41"d
do not have
(D) A disagreement between two
groups (D)
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136. Who introduced the concept of Time- 136. Tm-WT TPte ^
Space Compression ? ^ ?
. (A) David Harvey (A)
(B) Karl Marx (B) ^
(C) Emile Durkheim (C)
(D) Howard Rheingold (D)
137. In which year was the 'National 137. ^ "Tf
e-Govemance' plan formulated ? ^ ?
(A) 2003 (B) 2000 (A) 2003 (B) 2000
(C) 2006 (D) 1987 (C) 2006 (D) 1987
138. In 'APRANET', T' stands for : 138. 'APRANET' 'P' ^ %
(A) Programming (B) Power (A) ylillPHJl (B) W
(C) Pattern (D) Projects (C) ^ (D)
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139. Damaging or destroying data rather than 139. -siei ^ ^ ^
stealing or misusing them is called :
t:
(A) Cyber trespass
(A)
(B) Cyber vandalism
(B) q«f<ai
(C) Cyber theft
(C) "^TT^ ^
(D) None of the above (D) ^
140. The term 'Cyberspace' was first used by ; 140. ^
(A) Anthony Giddens "w 21T ?
(A) ftri^
(B) Karl Marx
(B) ^ TTT^
(C) William Gibson
(C) rciPd^M
(D) David Harvey (D) ^
141. According to Baudrillard signs in human 141. ^ "4'
culture have passed through how many ^ "qifeT
main stages ? t ?
(A) 08 (B) 04 (A) 08 (B) 04
(C) 01 (D) 12 (C) 01 (D) 12
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142. "Religion refers to a set of ideas and 142. ^t
beliefs about supernatural and its impact
t "3^ wr
on the lives of human beings." This
t l" STR
statement regarding relationship between
^ rnHRrlRsld ^
religion and economy is given by which
t ?
of the following ?
(A)
(A) Dr. Radhakrishnan
(B) Max Weber (B) ^
(C) Sir James Frazer (C) TR
(D) None of the above (D) ^^
143. "Religion is the belief in Spiritual 143. 3TT?3TTf^ ^ t l"
Beings." Above definition of religion is ^^ rHMPdRsld '4* ^
given by whom of the following ?
^ "nf t ?
(A) James Frazer
(A)
(B) C.H. Cooley (B) #."0^. ^
(C) Edward B. Tylor (C) OTolK
(D) Indradev (D)
144. "Culture is the man-made part of 144. ^ -qra Wcf m f l"
Environment." This statement regarding -g;^* Mdk<u| ^ "33^
culture and environment is given by :
TRT ?
(A) Hobel (B) Ogbum
(A) (B)
(C) Malinowski (D) Herskovits (C) APcHdld^l (D)
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145. "The methods used to get approval/ 145. "WST ^^ ^
affiliation of society is/are customs."
MwS i\ "wm ^ t l"
This statement is given by which of the
WT PiHldRsid ^ t?
following ?
(A) ^^
(A) Renter and Hart
(B)
(B) Smt. Sherif
(C) Maclver and Page (C) ^^
(D) Baccon (D)
146. Whom of the following social reformers 146. PdMRrlf^d ^
promoted women education to eradicate
gender inequality ? "5RTR ?
(A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy (A) irsTT wte
(B) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (B) fejRTFR
(C) Swami Haridas (C).
(D) Swami Dayananda Saraswati (D)
147. In which year was National Women 147. W STPik ^
Commission established in India ? ■fro ^ ^ Til "7
(A) 1956 (B) 1975 (A) 1956 (B) 1975
(C) 1985 (D) 1992 (C) 1985 (D) 1992
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148. Which of the following is a cause of 148. pHHRriRsid "4* ^ ^
communalism ?
t ?
(A) Communal organizations
(A) W^Rlto
(B) Vested interest of Antisocial
(B) ^
elements
(C) ^Hl^rddi
(C) Cultural differences
(D) All of the above (D)
149. Which of the following importance of 149. PHMRrindd ^
Dharma is helpful in Indian life ? ww t ?
(A) Helpful in social organization (A) ■HIMlPddi
(B) Helpful in personality development (B) WW
(C) Means of informal social control
(D) All of the above (D) dM^dd
150. The National Programme for Development 150. ^ ^ d)l4shM
of Slums started in which year ? ^ ^ 3IR»7 fen "TO ?
(A) 1955 (B) 1976 (A) 1955 (B) 1976
(C) 1985 (D) 1996 (C) 1985 (D) 1996
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